moondaddy

SoCal’s moondaddy, the analog-obsessed dreampop project helmed by singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Cara Potiker meets the haze of existence with a kaleidoscopic sound that provides momentary peace when all else feels like chaos. Deploying glistening guitar, gauzy synths, dulcet vocals, and poetic verse, moondaddy leans into the fuzziness between people, things, and sounds — even literally, as they eschew digitalia in favor of perfectly imperfect sonics. For 2024’s Lightwave Lightwave EP and the upcoming Dove Tapes LP, the band recorded live to tape with Manuel Calderon (Beach House, Animal Collective) at Sonic Ranch in Texas. The music was then mastered to lacquer by Paul Gold (Grizzly Bear, Songs: Ohia) at Salt Mastering. That mix of attention to detail and organic connectivity has been key ever since moondaddy was born in the eerie quiet of the pandemic. moondaddy’s 2023 debut LP, Poet Lies, swirled shoegaze, dreampop, and trip-hop to entrancing effect and lifted them to bigger stages. Capturing their transcendent live energy, Lightwave Lightwave laid foundation for moondaddy’s most immersive and expressive work yet: Dove Tapes coming out later this year.